Dasabrāhmaṇajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 2004

[2004] Taking up little bells,[5] they cry out proclamations, going even before [others]; they also go upon errands, and they train in the driving of chariots. Like servants, O king, are they, and yet they too are called brahmins (brāhmaṇā); these have been declared to you, great king — shall we resort to such as these? [Siam Raṭṭha apparatus: 1. Burmese ed.: "vidhura"; so too below. 2. Burmese ed.: "osadhikāyo." 3. Sinhalese and European (PTS) eds.: "nahāyanti." 4. Burmese ed.: the word "ca" is absent in all such places. 5. Burmese ed.: "kiṅkikikāyo gahetvā."]

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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